THE GENTLEMEN AVIATORS’ COLLECTION

Aero Leather’s RAF Battle of Britain jacket

Scotland-based Aero Leather Clothing is one of the best makers of historically accurate military flight jackets. This particular model made specifically for The Rake’s collaboration with IWC is a Battle of Britain jacket. As leather became short in supply in 1940, the RAF redesigned their B-3-style jacket to use smaller panels. This jacket features russet sheepskin that has been tanned and graded then cut and constructed using precise period-correct panel work, topped off with a honey fleece collar.

Drake’s Tiger Moth and propeller-themed accessories

Drake’s is dedicated to fabricating the very finest clothing and accessories to suit the modern gentleman’s wardrobe in one of the last existing clothing factories in London. The Tiger Moth pocket-squares feature the De Havilland DH.83, a 1930s biplane that was used extensively by the RAF. Interestingly, Hans Homberger’s pilot’s logbook records that